Hi goCoax,
Wanted to drop you a post to say thank you for such a great product!
I'm from the UK and we don't really use our coax for networking, it's primarily for TV (usually from external aerials/dishes). The only exception being Virgin Media (Cable Broadband/TV provider) who pipe their connections over coax, but they don't have 100% coverage across the UK.
I recently moved into a new home and my workspace/office is at the other end of the property to where my Broadband connection enters. The house is relatively new so each room has IEC TV face-plates all terminating at a signal amp in the loft. This got me thinking, could I repurpose the runs from the Dining Room (where the Broadband enters) and the Office (where my Router/Network kit lives) into a MoCA network! The short answer is Yes!
I bought two MA2500D units, some IEC/F connectors and appropriate Coaxial Cable. I had to do some cable testing in the loft to determine which runs terminated to the corresponding face-plates in each room, but once I found the Dining Room & Office I simply bypassed the signal amp (which isn't MoCA compatible) to make a single run between those two rooms.
I recently had FFTP installed and this was my driving factor in setting up a pass-through, as I didn't want my network gear in the Dining Room (not did my wife!).
This is the end result:
From the ONT Ethernet --> MA2500D --> Dining Room IEC face-plate --> through the internal walls --> Office IEC face-plate --> MA2500D --> Ethernet to my Router --> Network switches etc. WIN!
My FFTP package is for 900Mbps, my (hourly, scripted) speed tests show:
So that's my setup. Thoroughly happy with the goCoax products, they came via China with the correct UK adapter and were with me in less than a week! I've been using this setup for about a month and had practically zero issues. Even my wife is happy that all the Dining Room "kit" gets hidden behind a piece of furniture 😂
If you're from the UK and reading this wondering "will MoCA work for me?", I hope this post finds you well and helps confirm that goCoax products will do the job!
Cheers,
Jay
Yeah, same for me; I ordered mine from Amazon. Only issue I still get is if my desktop idles or is put to sleep the connectivity goes down and takes a few minutes to come back up. If I ping the Moca Adapter it is visible and the web UI shows link is connected. But I can't ping my other adapter. If I use a laptop on wifi to ping the other adapter it's still up. It's like they just decide to stop sending data to each other (though EEE was allegedly disabled). Bit of a pain, no real fix of yet. Even replaced switches with ones that let me make sure EEE is off (though the fact the adapters are accessible from either side makes me think they just stop talking). Still, 2.5Gbit network using my home's TV cabling. Can't complain too much! edit also holy heck there is a lot of spam on these forums of late.